The 6th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards will take place at the end of the year (exact place and date will be confirmed soon).

For this edition, some changes are proposed in the categories with notably a category “Overcoming the challenge” for projects which overcame either foreseen or unforeseen extreme challenges during excavation and construction and a further category named “Oddities of the Underground” celebrating the creativity, ingenuity, and imagination of the human spirit in its endeavours underground.

The ITA is calling for candidates from all over the world to enter into the following 7 categories.

•             Major Project of the Year - over €500 million

•             Project of the Year - between €50 million & €500 million

•             Project of the Year incl. Renovation - up to €50 million

•             Technical Innovation of the Year

•             Overcoming the Challenge

•             Oddities of the Underground

•             Young Tunneller of the Year

Nominations for the different  categories must be related to projects for which the major civil engineering work was completed between 1st January 2018 and 1st April 2020.

The Young Tunneller of the Year rewards an individual born after 1st January 1986 and who has brought an outstanding contribution to tunnelling.

New candidates can now apply, entries can be submitted up until May 31st 2020, through https://awards.ita-aites.org/entries?idU=3. 15/20.